This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.173 fixes
various security issues
The following security issues were fixed:
* CVE-2023-53321: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames (bsc#1250314).
* CVE-2025-38111: net/mdiobus: Fix potential out-of-bounds read/write access
(bsc#1249455).
* CVE-2025-38352: posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers()
and posix_cpu_timer_del() (bsc#1249205).
* CVE-2025-39742: RDMA: hfi1: fix possible divide-by-zero in
find_hw_thread_mask() (bsc#1249480).
## Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2026-565=1 SUSE-SLE-
Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2026-562=1
* openSUSE Leap 15.4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-562=1 SUSE-2026-565=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_150-default-debuginfo-14-150400.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_173-default-debuginfo-8-150400.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_173-default-8-150400.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_150-default-14-150400.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_36-debugsource-14-150400.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_43-debugsource-8-150400.2.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_150-default-debuginfo-14-150400.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_173-default-debuginfo-8-150400.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_173-default-8-150400.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_150-default-14-150400.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_36-debugsource-14-150400.2.1
* kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_43-debugsource-8-150400.2.1
* bsc#1249205
* bsc#1249455
* bsc#1249480
* bsc#1250314
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53321.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38111.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38352.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-39742.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249205
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249455
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249480
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250314
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